Vivian Bose

Justice Vivian Bose (also rendered V. V. N. Bose) (9 June 1891 – 29 November 1983), Judge of the Supreme Court of India, served as the National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1957 to November 1959.

Vivian Bose
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office 5 March 1951 – 8 June 1956
Appointed by	President
Personal details
Born	(1891-06-09)9 June 1891 Ahmadabad
Died	29 November 1983(1983-11-29) (aged 92)
Spouse	Irene Mott Bose
Parent	Mohun Bose (father) Sir Bipin Krishna Bose(grandfather)

Scouting for Indian Boys was started by Justice Bose, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Hridayanath Kunzru, Annie Besant and George Arundale, in 1913.

Justice Bose was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1949.

He was also the President of the International Commission of Jurists. Justice Bose is known for breaking new ground in law, the significance of which came to be realized in later years.^[1]

Lawyers occupy a specially privileged position in society and that thrusts great responsibilities on us (lawyers); at the same time it gives us immense opportunities to mold the life and thought of the Nation, not so much by talk though we can also be great talkers, beaten only by another class politicians and ministers, but by our life and example, by what we do in the courts of course, but also in spheres outside the range of bread and butter life.

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The landmark judgement by Vivian Bose J in Virsa Singh v State of Punjab [1958 AIR 465] has set an important judicial precedent regarding the applicability of section 300 Thirdly of The Indian Penal Code of 1860.

After initially retiring in June 1956, he rejoined the Court under Article 128 of the Constitution.^[3] Over the course of his tenure on the Supreme Court, Bose authored 124 judgments and sat on 364 benches. He retired for a second time in September 1958.^[4]

He was married to Canadian Irene Mott, the author of The Monkey Tree on 18 December 1930.^[5][6] His father-in-law was John Mott, a Nobel Prize laureate.^[3]